{"id":3732,"date":"2019-07-10T19:23:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T02:23:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-09-13T15:10:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T22:10:54","slug":"3732","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/3732","title":{"rendered":"How to restore LabPro firmware and update LabPro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LabPro has built-in firmware similar to an operating system on a computer or mobile device. It is possible for the firmware to become corrupt. Also, if LabPro has gone unused in a long time, you may need to update the firmware in order to connect to current versions of Logger <i>Pro<\/i> software. There are a few methods for restoring or updating LabPro firmware.<\/p>\n<p><b>Option 1<\/b><br \/>If you have a TI USB Conductivity cable (a.k.a. Graph Link cable), this is the easiest way to update or restore a LabPro. <b>Tip:<\/b> Math teachers often have one or more of these special cables stuffed in a drawer somewhere since Texas Instruments included the cable for free with some calculators. You can also purchase the cable &#8211; <a href=\"\/product\/ti-connectivity-kit-usb\/\">TI Connectivity Kit USB<\/a> (<nobr>GLC-USB<\/nobr>).<\/p>\n<p>See full instructions at: <a href=\"\/til\/1030\/\">How do I update a LabPro or CBL2 interface using a TI Connectivity Cable?<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Option 2<\/b><br \/>Send the LabPro to us and we will do the update for you. To do this, contact support@vernier.com to request a Return Merchandise Authorization.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LabPro has built-in firmware similar to an operating system on a computer or mobile device. It is possible for the firmware to become corrupt. Also,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1698,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[583,166,84,86],"class_list":["post-3732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-firmware","tag-labpro","tag-logger-pro","tag-update"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}